The very same address also marks another important spot in German history. At least according legend, it was here where bird-hunting #HenryTheFowler, Duke of Saxony, was surprised by messengers sent to offer him the crown in 919, making him the first non-Frankish king of East Francia.
The very same address also marks another important spot in German history. At least according legend, it was here where bird-hunting #HenryTheFowler, Duke of Saxony, was surprised by messengers sent to offer him the crown in 919, making him the first non-Frankish king of East Francia.
A #minimalist #sculpture on a café's façade in #Quedlinburg for #MinimalismMonday.

The street, #Finkenherd (literally "finch hearth", though its meaning is closer to "finch trap"), is famous for its half-timbered houses. The Café am Finkenherd occupies three of these historic buildings.

According to legend, Henry the Fowler, Duke of Saxony and father of our famous Otto The Great, was trapping birds here when he was told he was to be king – centuries before the houses were built, of course. He was crowned king of East Francia in 919, the first non-Frankish king no less.


#CaféAmFinkenherd #Finkenherd #HeinrichDerVogler #HenryTheFowler #Metallkunst #metalArt #Skulptur #Vögel #birds #minimalistic #minimalism #minimalistisch #Minimalismus #minimal #Harz
On #ThisDayInHistory in 921, the #TreatyOfBonn established a border and friendly relations between #France (#WestFrancia) and #Germany (#EastFrancia). The deal was signed in the #Rhine River by #CharlesTheSimple, a Carolingian king, and #HenryTheFowler, the first Ottonian king.